A reduced relevance of vegetation change for alluvial aggradation in arid zones

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-14

  Antinao, Jose Luis ^a   McDonald, Eric ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; ARID ZONES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; HILLSLOPES; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; MONSOONAL PRECIPITATION; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; PALEOBOTANICAL; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEDIMENT REDISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SONORAN DESERT; STORM INTENSITY; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION DENSITY; VEGETATIVE COVER;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID REGION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT YIELD; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84872148781     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G33623.1     Document Type: Article

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